You are an African American and your 89-year-old grandmother is dying of lung cancer. Like many African American families, your family decides not to use hospice care. Why is this the case? African Americans often believe that ____
a. medical interventions will eventually succeed
b. continuing with medical care shows respect and love for their family member
c. doctors and nurses cannot be trusted
d. life must be preserved at any cost
Answer: B
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A) cognitive structure or scheme acquired during Piaget's sensorimotor period of cognitive development. B) learned cognitive structure or scheme for distinguishing phonemes from morphemes. C) mental representation of speech sounds found in one's native language. D) hypothetical mechanism in the brain that helps children detect and learn the rules of language.
In behavior modification, reinforcement is defined by its effect on behavior. This is referred to as:
a. the Premack Principle b. an operational definition c. a functional definition d. a unique relationship